Thursday, June 25, 2015

As we left the Rail Bus, we headed towards Noheji Station at the request of my wife.

七戸のレールバスを乗ったあと、次の目的地へ。妻の希望で野辺地駅へ。

Here we are at Noheji Station. Exactly why are we here?

野辺地駅に到着。で、なぜここに？

Joya-to / 常夜灯

This is the only reason why we came to Noheji. My wife is a big fan of Gaku Shibasaki, a current member of Japan's National Soccer Team. This is the little tribute to the player who hails from Noheji.

柴咲岳選手の為に来たよ。それにしても本人ではなく、パネルだけだよ！現在日本代表のメンバーでもあり、青森県野辺地出身です。

Since we came this far, might as well check out the rest of the inside of the station.

ここまで来たので、駅の中に他なにかあるかちょっと探索。

An art display by someone named Yoshiko Sakamoto. The title of the exhibition is [Chotto Mukashi no Hanashi] which translates to [Stories from Long Ago].

アートの展示があった。坂本よし子の「ちょっと昔の話」。

Noheji's mascot Gino-kun made by Noheji Catholic Kindergarten.

野辺地のゆるキャラじーの君。野辺地カトリック幼稚園児制作。

That was all there was to see in Noheji. On the road back to Aomori.

野辺地の見所はそこまでだったかな。そして、また青森へ。

Back in Aomori, we were planning on going to the ramen shop [Asari]. However, we still had time before it would open for the dinner time rush that we went to a recycle shop which features used comics, cds, games, figures, toys and a whole lot of other stuff.

And sadly, this is our last night in Aomori. Tomorrow we will be heading back to Tokyo. But we won't we going by shinkansen. Our friends who were also here in Aomori on holiday will be driving back by car and we will be joining them. And as my wife also has a driver's license, she will be one of the drivers as well. I do not have an International Driver's License so I will probably be snoozing here and there but it will be an interesting and long road trip. I'm actually looking forward to it.